Tag: school board elections
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Filing deadline approaches for Texas school board elections
The filing deadline to run for school board in 57 Texas districts is on February 12, 2021. The general election is scheduled for May 1, 2021. If no candidate wins the majority of the vote in the general election, the top two vote-getters will advance to a runoff election. The date of the runoff election…
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Oklahoma school board candidates vie for 33 seats in 2021
On December 9, 2020, the filing deadline passed to run for 33 school board seats across 26 school districts covered by Ballotpedia in Oklahoma. Of the 58 candidates who filed in these school board races, 24 are incumbents seeking re-election to their seats. The primary is scheduled for February 9, 2021, and the general election…
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Idaho school board recall election scheduled for Mar. 9
A recall election seeking to remove Elizabeth Cogliati from her position as the Zone 4 representative on the Idaho Falls School District 91 board of trustees in Idaho is being held on March 9, 2021. Recall supporters initially sought to recall three of the five members of the board. In addition to Cogliati, Chairman and…
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Filing deadline passes for successor candidates in Colorado school board recall
A recall election seeking to remove Lance McDaniel from his position as the District A representative on the Montezuma-Cortez School District Board of Education in Colorado is being held on February 16, 2021. The filing deadline for candidates wishing to replace McDaniel if the recall is successful was January 8. One candidate—Cody Wells—filed. The recall…
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Filing deadline passes to run for school boards in Louisiana
The filing deadline to run for the Orleans Parish and Caddo Parish school boards is on July 24, 2020. In Orleans Parish, all seven seats on the board are up for election. Meanwhile, Caddo Parish is holding a special election for the District 8 seat, which became vacant when Denee Locke (R) moved out of…
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Filing deadline approaches for three school boards in Michigan
The filing deadline to run for school board in the Detroit, Dearborn, and Ann Arbor school districts in Michigan is on July 21, 2020. In each district, three out of seven seats on the school board are up for election. The general election in each district is scheduled for November 3, 2020. No primaries are…
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St. Paul school board representative Xiong dies of COVID-19
Marny Xiong, who was an at-large representative on the St. Paul Board of Education, died of COVID-19 on June 7. Her family released a statement on June 8 notifying the public of her death. Xiong tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, roughly one month before her death. Xiong’s sister posted…
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Candidate filing period to pass in five states
The filing deadlines to run for state-level offices in Alaska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Hawaii, and Minnesota will pass next week. Alaska’s, Kansas’, and Wisconsin’s filing deadlines will pass on June 1. The filing deadlines in Hawaii and Minnesota will pass on June 2. Alaska In Alaska, prospective candidates may file for the following state offices: State…
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California school board recall to be held Tuesday
A recall election seeking to remove Leanne Ibarra and Jose Lara from their positions on the El Rancho Unified School District Board of Education in California is scheduled for June 2, 2020. The election is being conducted by mail-in ballot in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The candidate filing deadline passed on March 6; Allan…
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Voters decide municipal and school board races in Chesapeake and Norfolk, Virginia
Chesapeake and Norfolk, Virginia, held nonpartisan general elections for municipal and school board offices on May 19, 2020. Candidates ran in elections for the following offices: Mayor of Chesapeake • Incumbent Richard West defeated Lenard Myers, Steffanie Aubuchon, and Palmer Smith. Chesapeake City Council • Don Carey III and incumbents S.Z. Ritter and Robert Ike…